Bummer. Is the plum also not up to the trip? I guess we can forgive you after the effort you put in last year. Besides, I want to see this Legacy of yours. I'd bring ours to keep it company but I can only drive one car at a time.

Phil.

Well, Belha could drive it. No?

Yes, Plum could do the trip, but again, money is a problem. Plum is due an NCT [our version of the MOT] and to get that she would need a service, in particular replace some leaky seals at the front end. Other than that she is perfect.

However, she has no tax, and a year's tax on that size of an engine is €1347. So between the NCT and tax, she would cost the thick end of €2K to have road legal. And if I had that kind of cash to spare, I would sooner put it into Black Betty that I am keeping.

I'm hoping the problem with the gearbox on Black Betty is an easy fix, a problem with the wiring, rather than a worn or damaged box. But no way of knowing this till I get to run some tests on her, get some more information.

Dont think we've spoke before but I mentioned an interest in the JAE to Joe, I take it you seem to be the 'ring leader' for this event, so just to confirm that I will be attending the show as part of the stand if thats ok. I intend to camp but will be on my own (billy no mates) so if there are a others camping also could you please reserve me a couple o' square ft for my one man tent within the collective, my intention is Fri-Sun but Definately Sat-sun.
I have noticed through the comments reference to 'team effort' and making contributions, if there's anything I can do please ask and I'll see if I can help,...... I could bring Haggis, Whisky, short cake....the odd midge or two???

Ian is dropping the car back to me this weekend on the trailer. [I am reluctant to drive it on the road with just 1st gear, might do more harm]

When I get to check it out, I am hoping it will prove to be a bad sensor or bad connector. If it's more serious, I may be in trouble. Won't know that till I have checked all the connections and earths are good, all the voltages the expected values.

If not then my company has just bought two large "B&Q Garden Party Gazebos" for a barbeque they are hosting tomorrow night. They are 3m wide by 9m long by 2.7m high with side panels.

I'll make some enquiries about borrowing one of them. No promises yet though. Is the stand big enough for this gazebo and 10 SVXes?

Phil S.

Hi Phil,

No other offers of a Gazebo so far, Tony brought one last year. I'm sure we will be able to accomodate one with the number of vehicles we have planned. Claire said the space allocated is greater per car this year, so we should be ok.

I was thinking about whether we should display items of interest, contemporary articles or tests, magazine reviews, that sort of thing too. I have a couple of articles and an original sales brochure now, anybody else got anthing they are willing to display ??

We tried putting them together today for the company barbeque. One broke while being assembed, the other assembled fine and then blew upsidedown in the wind and broke. They really are of disgracefull quality.

If nobody has a better one then I'll see if there are enough unbroken parts to make one good from the two. I don't see it lasting the whole weekend though.